Review Papadam - Melbourne

Anushka Date

So this is 2 curries in a meal for 13$. And when you take it as take away they give it in one box, which mixes them completely making it almost inedible. This is revolting.

mish guna

The food is reasonably priced and the food is good. The eggplant curry always looks really good but ends up tasting disappointing as it is a bit oily and not seasoned enough. The yellow rice is good and I also like the chicken curry.

Stefan Heaton

Food is reasonably tasty, quick service, and friendly staff...

Lok Mac

Food is quite bland or bad tasting. Dahl bland. Eggplant Masala oily, mushy and bitter (I think they forgot the masala). Food is only luke-warm. Naan was OK. Really not up to standard. I find it hard to believe it is a true Indian restaurant. It's Indian by the numbers, not by good taste. Not even passable by generic food court standards. Service was the only part of the experience that was satisfactory. Won't return.

AMIT BHARTI

I had been twice. First time when I had their meal. I had vomiting at night. I gave them another chance and second time they didn’t even give all the items shown in the menu pic of my ordered meal. Very disappointed with them.

harveer singh hirkewal

Really good food. Highly recommend if u r looking for good Indian food.

Joseph Banda

Worst customer service, no greeting, no help with menu, no thank you. Worst place ever visited

jyoti pannu

Worst food ever had.....Naan was so hard that you might need hammer to break it....tasteless curries.....and on the top found a hair in curry.....

Espy Eats

I went to Papadum today as I had a strong urge for a curry and they are part of the MealPal App program which I enjoy from time to time. Today’s meal for pre-booking was Tandoori Chicken with biriyani rice and a naan which is one of my go to dishes anyway. The only catch with the Mealpal meals are they come in a take away container as opposed to on the more presentable stainless steel thali plates. The rice was the star of this and was nicely spiced and flavorsome. This was followed closely by the naan which was very good for a food court establishment. The chicken itself tasted a little bit meh and wasn’t anywhere near as flavorsome as an authentic tandoori. Guess we shouldn’t expect this from a food court restaurant or should we? (here’s a hint … the answer is YES). The other bad thing about the chicken was that sadly at least a couple of my chicken pieces were full of gristle and had to be spat out again. Very unpleasant to have to do in the middle of a busy food court area. I have had butter chicken here before and really enjoyed that meal but have to say based on today’s meal I would have to consider whether to return or not.

Sleepless In Docklands

Unbelievable, here is the lowdown on the events. I asked for rice and one veggie and one meet dish when i saw two options of rice. I then requested Biryani rice when I was told it cost some $3 more that the saffron rice although it didn’t have meat in it. Which is fair enough the prices are different. I was then asked what I wanted with the rice and was this I had two options. I asked for beef and cauliflower. The lady then put quiet a bit of rice two pieces of average sized meat and there tiny carrots pieces for the beef and five small pieces of cauliflower. I am not sure what I would eat the rice with. I was going I get rotti, but what would I eat t with? She then had the nerve to ask if I wanted rotti (naan) when I said no, she asked if I wanted a drink. Now why would I buy a drink from people who didn’t provide me with what I ordered really. They think they’re saving money, but they had lost the possibility of me buying naan or a drink because if their greed. I was warned about this place by my colleagues but thought I would give it ago. Never again

Ferry Gondo

Beautiful sweet potato and eggplant curry. Well seasoned papadam. Biryani rice was good. Cabbage as a side dish was awesome, full of flavor.

Split The Bill

Ordered the butter chicken, beef vindaloo, eggplant and saffron rice. Was really not up to standard and not enough depth of flavour. I won't be coming back here.

Ben To

The food was fairly underwhelming. The nan tastes like the ones you get from the supermarket shelf. I've had Indian from food courts before which is quite a bit better than this.

Bea Arthur

I might be off indian food for the rest of my life after this. And you overcharged me. Worst. Meal. EVER. Did I expect too much from a food court? No. So that's saying something.

AJ

Poor. This used to be a really great place to eat when it opened, now its hit and miss if you get a good feed. Today chicken that's dry, lacking taste, and watery sauce and they stack on the rice with the smallest portion of the dish. I seemed to have got more carrot than actual chicken. Tried the kebabs, again inconsistent and some days have had to throw it out, the level of chilli just far too hot. There are better places in that food court at that price.

Hayden

It's okay for a food court offering, but it's certainly not great. Overcooked, watery dishes and greasy, doughy breads. It is acceptable according to food court standards, but I think there are far better options around.